Black Panthers put bounty on Trayvon Martin shooter

Published 7:00 pm, Sunday, March 25, 2012

FILE - In this undated file family photo, Trayvon Martin poses for a family photo. (AP Photo/Martin Family Photos, File)

FILE - In this undated file family photo, Trayvon Martin poses for a family photo. (AP Photo/Martin Family Photos, File)

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Black Panthers put bounty on Trayvon Martin shooter

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The New Black Panther Party put up a $10,000 reward for the capture of Trayvon Martin’s shooter, the Orlando Sentinel reported Saturday, following a demonstration by the group in Florida.

The party called for black men to mobilize and capture George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who said he shot the teen as an act of self-defense. He has not been charged with a crime and has not made any public statements since the Feb. 26 incident.

A report from the AFP describes a poster from the group seeking Zimmerman “ALIVE… not dead or harmed.”

From the Sentinel story:

When asked whether he was inciting violence, (New Black Panther Party leader Mikhail) Muhammad replied defiantly saying: “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”

The bounty announcement came moments after members of the group called for the mobilization of 5,000 black men to capture Zimmerman…

Muhammad said members of his group would search for Zimmerman themselves in Maitland and Jacksonville — where the 28-year old worked before the shooting, employees there told the Orlando Sentinel. But he declined to say when they will begin their hunt….

“If the government won’t do the job, we’ll do it,” Muhammad said, leading his group of eight party members in chants like “freedom or death” and “justice for Trayvon” while making the iconic gesture of raising their fists into the air.

Muhammad told the paper the national organization has begun fundraising for their efforts and hopes to collect $1 million by next week.